The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-27


From The News anG Courier)
4ptain Ti!lman in his reply to my
u letter spoke Of ny toundering and
dodging and said it was funny to see
how I about faced, etc. Leaving the
application OF this language to the judg-
ment Of the pablic, I shall merely re-
mark, # Captain Tl!m&2 saw any fun IN
nv last letter it must have been OF a very
peculiar kind TO provoke I reply IL
which the compass cf lbs complaints
ranged from the heayens above, which,
he claimed, would not open AID shut
when they ought to have doao 50 &ra
thus prevented his success as . farmer,
down to the tampering OF the devil, who
enticed him in debt and worked financial
failure. He says l shot whatever they
put in my gun, not knowing whether
it was lead or dough, true or false.
Captain Tillman furnished nearlr al OF
my ammunition, and not Only he but
the public viii have ample opportunity
to Judge of its truth or falsity alter The
perusal Of this letter.
He says the committee whlca selected
the ten names 10 constitute the 1e|
board of agriculture know how utterly
false is my assertion that lie nominated
himself for one OF the successors OF the
present boarG-that he only nominated
himself for one Of tie trustees OF an ag-
r1cultural college. Captain Ili!man does
not positively deny the charge, only ay
indnecticn, which I do not any more
accept than the indirection By which he
designed 70 wiring 2 double tax on guano
out Of the farmers pockets, thinking
they would not feel 1t because they did
not see it. In bis speech IL November,
Captain Tillman said: The control Of
the college and bureau OF agriculture
won!d have TO oe under the same board
the board OF trustees, for one OF which
he nominated himself. IN his proposed
bill to establish an agricultural college
and reorganize the agricultural bureau,
he saws, in Section =: ';EGt.t d. h.
Norris, johnson Eagood, u. L. Donald
son, r. a. Love, Z. L. Rivers, Z. I.
Stackhouse, 4. E. Davis, 3. Il. Tiliman,
Allan Johnston and D. P. DCocan are
hereby constituted board OF trustees o.
the said college, and they and their sue
cessors OF the South Carolina board OF
agriculture shall locate, organize and
govern the same Ammunition fUcn
ished by Captain IiIlm&r. See News
and Courier. December i, 1856: CAPTAIN
Tillman says: 'sAs for leading he farm
ers Of the State, have never made any
such claim" Captain Iil42an, IL his
letter published in the News AID Ccuri-
er, January 26, 1886, under the caption,
Captain IIinan proposes TO be the
agricultural Moses, says: ''Ihe pent-up
Indignation OF the farmer has found a
voice through me, and the masses OF oul
people are ready to follow any one, how
ever insignificant, wGo has the 5oldneSs
to lead. l did not commence this agita-
tion with any such expectation, bat l
should be coward to refuse 10 lead, at
least till We organize. The farmers can
then choose their own Moses. feel it
my duty to do this much, a2d try to
direct the storm I have raised til such
an organization is perfected. The way
out cS this wilderness is very plain. Ever
can lead you ont.
stOh, wad some power the gsitie sic us
To see ourselves as others see ls!!'
And Captain Tillman says I Lave
s'brass enough to gid a church steeple!
Again, in his letter OF February y,
1881, Captain Iillman says: 1T IS small
wonder that l am accused of trying to
feather my own nest by acting as the
agricultural champion" Captain Till
man says Governor Hagood las had no
connection with the board during the
time when the incompetence and ex-
travagance have been so rampant" The
chief charges of expenditure, &c, pre-
ferred against the board by Captain
Tillman were the purchase CT the ugri-
cultural building, the phosphate ItiGa-
ton, the publication of the handbook,
and the emigration bureau. The build
ing was absolutely necessary for the
proper discharge OF the duties OF the
department. 1t not only contains the
usual department offices, but furnishes
ample room for the extensive chemical
laboratory OF the department and storage
for the splendid and complete exhibit OF
the resources and products OF the State.
Its capacious hall has been used for Yari-
Gus agricultural conventions, and the eX-
tensive accommodations Of It's second
floor furnished halls and committee
rooms for the Legislature At It's last ses-
sion r ne 6eDarInns.tt has been offered